The Blender Collab; Weekly Themed Gallery (Week 9)

I haven’t posted much weekly because I’ve been ill… And playing Monster Hunter!

I ultimately hope to submit for both; after all, the weekly takes a couple hours, and the monthly should only take maybe… 3 days work, if you have like, a Rocky II-esque montage whilst you do it.

I have an entry coming soon once its rendered …really slow week …gamedevcala really great compositions …love it …could be scenes from a sci fi movie!

Star wars meets Battlestar Glactica meets dunno haha …over the last few months i have made a viper a cyclon raider…"old school "… can aircraft carrier type ship and the battlestar galactica and a tie defender… … I’m a big fan of sci fi… none of them are really fully finished but with the right angles i can fake it …dunno why but my viper came out funky after joining all the parts…i think a sub surf modifier was still active and shrunk a bunch of parts that shouldn’t be shrunken when joined lol …anyways since i had all these spaceships decided to make a battle scene with them …a few more different renders on the way in a bit once done… so heres number 1

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number 2 of 4

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Unfortunately these models are not finished …some only half textured etc but only way i could get an entry in this week… plus had to use low samples on the renders as the scene was just too heavy for my comp …sorry about the low quality guys .wanted to get something in as i love space haha

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I tried to make something in the last moment :smile:


update: this a better version :slight_smile:

update 2: A better better version :smile:

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Hey guys! Well done to those who submitted.

Using my random number generator which is completely fair and unbiased, it has decided that @GamedevCala should pick the topic for this week. All hail RNJesus.

@GamedevCala can you please pick the topic for next week and start a thread with your suggestion, thanks!

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Just my two cents from a beginner perspective, I like the monthly idea and the weekly idea both. It takes me longer to make things since I have to continually go back and look up how to do things in Blender. Right now, I am trying to wrap my heard around texturing my contribution to the “Treasure Hunt” monthly theme. LOL…it has taken me much longer to do my monthly than 3 days…I think I have like 5 days so far and not even close to half way finished. The good thing though is I am learning and gaining experience.

So for me, to be able to participate, the Monthly Gallery would be better; however, for others with more skills the weekly is probably something they would be more interested in.

Congratz, GamedevCala!

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Did you try blasting Eye of the Tiger whilst you worked? That helps everyone get better, faster, and stronger!

Jokes aside, I was being a bit loose in my comments, and I’m sorry if I came over cocky or annoying to anyone! I’m glad you feel better submitting for the monthly one; there haven’t been any submissions yet, so I hope they start to trickle in soon! I can’t wait to see your submission. As I said in that topic, feel free to collaborate with anyone else, whether you want assets from them or want to make assets for a bigger submission; it’s all in pursuit of the same goal of creating wonderful 3D art.

I can at least say, for me, my lack of a weekly submission was not due to also doing a monthly one; procrastination gets the better of all of us, and I’ve fallen into a rut after my desert scene got a decent amount of praise! AAH, hubris!! I hope my ego deflates soon and I can resume working on creating art for everyone! :smile: (Being IRL sick also didn’t help lol)

/rant D: lol.

I’m back from holidays, so i’m late :slight_smile:

My scene : a Zorglubmobile (sort of spaceship created by Zorglub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorglub ) lost in Tatooine

Thank you AbdullahAbdin for the sand creation.

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Egads! I big sharp stick taken to the device playing that tune is a perfect solution to that nerve wracking song! I found it utterly annoying when it came out with no improvement as it has aged. LOL! It would make one insane in a short period of time but, then again, some might think the same when I listen to Ramstein as I work :wink:

Nah, your comments were fine! Cocky and cheeky have their place! No annoyance or offense taken. :slight_smile: on my part anyway. Since I really do not know anyone to collaborate with, I am having to do my scene by myself, which in and of itself, is quite fine. It makes me much slower in creation but, I can then say I did it all myself. Plus, it forces me to learn and makes me research what I don’t know…like texturing is the bane of my existence…Blender really needs to look at simplifying the process. I am not terribly fond of having to work it all out having to resize UV maps for the venue I want to use the pieces in. I may change my mind about this once I learn more about texturing.

My lack of weekly submissions besides being slow and a beginner, have more to do with working full time with lots of hours, caring for a home and caring for an elderly parent. It doesn’t leave a whole lot of time to just sit down and do something I would like to do. I wish I had more time to devote to learning and creating in Blender; thus, comment on keeping the monthly along with the weekly. Gives more people the opportunity to become part of this community who otherwise might not be able to participate.

I am sorry you were ill. No one should be sick during summer or the end of it! It’s just not right! Hope you are getting better. Great job coordinating the Gallery!

P.S. This is one of the things I have been working on for the “Treasure Hunt” theme. Took me all of yesterday to create between figuring out how to texture the darn thing to trying to figure out how to use the darn array modifier for the jewels in a circle (which failed BTW and had to set them manually), modeling it was the easy part. LOL

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I will post the new theme later this evening. I am thinking about a much narrower subject for this week :wink:

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Migraine Christensen I got badly stuck initially when I I first tried to make a polar array but it’s actually just confusing to learn an easy once you get it. I don’t know where the tutorial is at this moment but will post it here for you tomorrow when I find it. So useful to know I use it on just about every model at least once. It’s not simple like turbocad where there is a tool for circular arrays haha will post the tut tomorrow for ya you will love having the skill once you know it :slight_smile:

Thank you, Rszarka!

I watched a couple of videos on YouTube for help and ended up being really frustrated. I was going to add jewels around the textured ban on the cup but decided was too much work to add them manually. I appreciate the help and look forward to the tutorial!

New theme is up:

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I couldn’t find the tutorial i had tucked away so made this up for you real quick …give it a go and if you have any questions just send me a pm :slight_smile: Hope this helped

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Woo Hoo! It worked! Dances around with much joy Thank you very much for taking the time to create this visual tutorial! This was so much easier to follow than the tutorials I was trying to watch. I sincerely appreciate your creating this Rszarka.

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Your very welcom morgaine I’m so glad it worked for you :slight_smile: now you can make polar arrays around everything like crazy zit sure does come in handy! I was worried I forgot a step or something haha glad I could help :slight_smile: that’s what our teachers made this website for I think so we can all collaborate help and learn from each other

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I am going to use the instructions, I hope, to put some jewels on a crown. I will send you a PM with a screen shot when I am finished with it.

Collaboration is good! You share tips & tricks with one another, which I think we all learn from.

Again, my thanks Rszarka!

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yes i learned from that i was searching for that thing for ages :smile:

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